What inspired you to start a band?
Bit predictable but a collective love of listening to and playing music.

Influences...
As a band we draw from older influences such as The Beatles, The Doors, The Verve which we grew up listening to, but also we are inspired by a lot of modern music like Tame Impala, Pond, and Parquet Courts... and also Brian Jonestown Massacre who are still out there making really relevant music and who transcend genres - we love everything they do. Everyone in the band has individual inspirations that they bring to the mix as well.

Highlight of White Room's career so far...
Reading and Leeds this year, definitely. Festival Republic was by far the biggest stage we've played and it was pretty special. Leeds was amazing - we ended up closing the This Feeling stage on the Sunday night... although we probably weren't in any fit state to play by then! Josie fell off the stage during soundcheck, but Tristan managed to restrain himself from launching into the third drum kit of the weekend.